Picking, Packing and Shipping Carnation Flowers 



labor in the process of packing, the blooms will arrive upon the market in 

 a substantially better condition, and will generally sell for a price sufficiently 

 advanced to cover the cost of the boxes and extra labor. These pasteboard 

 boxes are packed in cases containing from 10 to 15 boxes. The cases are 

 made of light half-inch pine, strongly put together, and braced so that they 

 will stand a number of trips to the city and return, as the express companies 

 return all empties to the shipper, either free, or for a very slight charge. An 



Interior of a Wholesale Florist's Store in New York City 



allowance is made to the storekeeper for the return of the pasteboard boxes, 

 and quite a proportion of these boxes are returned, and are used over again, 

 although of late years an increasing percentage of these are sold to go with 

 the flowers. Upon the lid of each box a label is pasted showing names, num- 

 ber and quality of the flowers contained in the box. 



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